Microsoft
Senior Software Engineer - CTJ - Poly
$120K–$261K
Reston, VA +1 · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 21, 2026
- Location
- Reston, VA
Redmond, WA - Experience
- 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding; Bachelor's Degree requirement may be met with equivalent experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Requires verification of U.S. citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions.
About the job
Leads engineering work to deliver, operate, and improve Azure AI services and infrastructure in sovereign and air-gapped cloud environments.
What you'll do
- Lead software and infrastructure design, implementation, testing, deployment, and operational follow-through across Azure AI services.
- Build reusable automation, deployment tooling, release validation, and observability; troubleshoot production issues and participate in on-call rotations.
- Coordinate with product and partner teams, and mentor engineers through technical guidance, design discussions, and code reviews.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 4+ years technical engineering experience coding in languages including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, or equivalent experience.
- Must have an active U.S. Government Top Secret Clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) based on a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) with Polygraph.
- Must meet security screening requirements, pass the Microsoft Cloud background check, and verify U.S. citizenship.
Nice to have
- Experience designing, developing, and operating production cloud services or distributed systems.
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes, deployment automation, CI/CD pipelines, testing frameworks, or observability tooling.
Pay
USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year (base salary); USD $160,200 - $261,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
Azure OpenAI, Microsoft Foundry, Azure Machine Learning, Azure AI Services, C, C++, C#, Python
AI focus
Delivers AI capabilities in sovereign and air-gapped cloud environments; applies approved AI-assisted development tools, including GitHub Copilot.
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